Meet The Gamecocks
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Caleb
BYRD
PRIOR TO JSU:
HIGH SCHOOL:
PERSONAL
2020-21: (Charlotte) Appeared in nine
Scored 2,142 points in his high school career... ranked three-star recruit by 247Sports and Rivals...averaged 22 points per game as a senior on the way to earning second-team 7A All-State honors. Byrd averaged 26.5 points per game during region and state tournament play while being named first-team All-Region...before transferring to Newton, played for Rome High School in Georgia. As a junior, he led the state in scoring, averaging 35 points per game. In December of 2018, he scored 51 points against Forest Park High School. In 2019, he was named first-team 5A All-State and was Region Player of the Year. As a sophomore, he earned first-team All-Region and second-team All-State honors.
Born June 11, 2002…son of Felisha Jackson and Quentin Byrd…has two brothers, Quentayious and Keshun, and one younger sister, Brooke… brother Keshun complete in track and field at Mississippi State where he was honorable mention All-American in the triple jump in 2021.
games for the Niners during the Covid-19 season...had a high of four points at Old Dominion on Feb. 13...hit his first three-pointer ar UTEP on Feb. 27.
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Jacksonville State Men's Basketball Media Guide 2021-22
